Laundry-washer valve.



H. HESSENIUS & J1 M. KOLKEMA.

LAUNDRY WASHER VALVE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1909.

Patented Jan 17,1911.

r the level of the water or accompanying ,valve seat by means of theLAUNDRY-WASHER VALVE.

Patented Jan; 17, ion.

, Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 30, 1909.Serial No, 515,144.

stream of water which, when present, as, for example, in the form ofgate valve formerly To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, HENRY Hnssnnms and JOSEPH M. KOLKEMA, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inLaundry-Vasher Valves, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in discharge valves for laundrywashers or tubs, one form of which is illustrated in the drawing,wherein we show details of fill up with hard substances and to preventthe closure of the valve.

The soft rubber valve will compensate for any abrasion which may takeplace in the valve seat. The stream of escaping water passes through thevalve seat and when interrupted by the seating of the valve tends bymeans of the pressure exerted by it to seat the valve firmly upon the,valve seat thus doing away with the need of any positive valve seatmechanism.-

It will be evident that while the valve stem must more or'less closelyfit the valve stem guide, still, since no packing or other -inaterial isused, the liquid in the tub will find its way into the valve stem casingand maintain the same level asthat'maintained within the tub.

To claim:

1. A laundry washer valve comprising a valve member, a seat, and a stemstem casing, said valve adapted to be raised by means of a laterallyextending handle on the valve stem, traveling in a slot in the valvestem casing,

a part section of the valve with tub and connections.

The tub A is provided with the outlet A at its bottom, communicatingwith the elbow A and the pipe A with the tee B, which is rovided, withthe reducing nipple B the ong pipe B at its upper opening, and thebushing B having a tapered valve seat B at its lower opening. The rod Ccarrying the-soft rubber valve 0 travels in the pipe- B and is providedat its upper extremity with the'lateral handle C which moves in the slotC* and is adapted to engage the recess C at the top of the pipe and tobe held in its upper position when engaging the latter, and to travel atits lower end in the guide D which is contained in the reducing nipple BThe use and operation of'our invention are as .follows:-The pipe Bextends above liquid in the tub, and the valve is kept in contact withthe pressureof the water in thetub and in the pipe. The valve may beopenedby raising the handle and then be held in its open position bybringing the handle into engagement with the recess at the top of thepipe. By this. arrangement we are enabled to do away with any pack- 7and engaging a recess in 'the end 'of said casing when in its openposition.

2. A valve comprising a T, nipples in opposition one to the otherscrew-threaded into said T, a valve seat upon one of said nipples, avalve stem casing screw-threaded into theother nipple, a collarscrew-threaded in said last named nipple, a valve stem slid- .ablymounted in said collar, a valve member upon said valve stem inopposition to said valve seat, and an intake pipe screw-threaded intosaid T above said valve seat.

HENRY HESSENIUS.

ing about the valve stem since the valve JOSEPH M. KOLKElilA. stemcasing extends to a Vpoint above the Witnesses:

water level in the tank. e are also able MINNIE M. LINDENAN,

to do away with any pocket outside of the LUoY A. Fnpimnnnne.

used in connection with such tubs, tends to and valve

